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Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud has dismissed Enes Kanter Freedom as "irrelevant", choosing instead to spotlight domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurity after a heated confrontation at a recent game.
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Chicago Sky guard Natasha Cloud has made it crystal clear she has no interest in giving Enes Kanter Freedom any airtime. Instead, she is channelling her energy into causes she considers genuinely important - domestic violence, sexual assault and food insecurity.
"He's irrelevant," Cloud said, firmly steering conversation away from the former NBA centre and back towards the issues affecting women and children.
The comments follow a heated confrontation between Cloud and Freedom during a recent Chicago Sky match against the Indiana Fever. Freedom attended the game wearing a shirt bearing a definition of the word "woman" and became embroiled in a tense exchange with Cloud that required security staff and fellow players to intervene.
In the aftermath, Chicago Sky owner Michael Alter banned Freedom from all future home games - a move Cloud publicly backed, calling it a necessary step to protect players.
Freedom, along with another former NBA player, Royce White, has declared for the WNBA draft while identifying as a woman. However, sources indicate neither is eligible under the league's current restrictions, as ESPN reports.
The episode feeds into a broader discussion around transgender participation in the WNBA. The league's collective bargaining agreement states it is a competition for women but contains no explicit language addressing gender identity or sex assigned at birth - a gap that continues to fuel debate.
Cloud, for her part, wants the conversation to move on. She pointed to the WNBA's surging viewership figures as evidence of what deserves attention and reaffirmed her commitment to advocacy, saying she feels duty-bound to speak out.
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